The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 2066
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
8:25 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1769
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 335.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.94° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.59° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.